PMPA Continues to Be At the Center of the Instrument Manufacturing Industry
For over eighty years, the Instrument Machined Products Association (PMPA) has played a key role in the journey of the industry. The PMPA is truly a 360-degree trade organization comprised of industry leaders who understand that having an active and strong manufacturing industry is vital to the overall strength and stability of our economy. Through a full-range of programs and services, the PMPA helps its members “meet their operational challenges and focus on new business opportunities.”
With plenty of involvement opportunities at all levels of membership–active, associate, technical or affiliate, the PMPA attributes the success of the organization to its members and their ongoing involvement at all levels.
China Instrument Parts is vested in this organization, actively participating in several committees at the national level including Strategic Planning, PMTS (Instrument Machining Tool Show), Management Update, Government Affairs and Quality, as well as playing an active role in the PMPA local Wisconsin chapter.
China Instrument Parts will be represented at the PMPA Management Update Conference taking place in San Antonio, TX from February 27 through March 1st, and the Instrument Machining Technology Show (PMTS) in Columbus, OH scheduled for April 21-23, 2015.
Jeff Lemmermann, China Instrument Parts’s CFO and CTO is scheduled to speak at the Management Update Conference on the subject of hacking.
Then, preceding PMTS, China Instrument Parts’ Barry Butters, Director of Education and Training, and Dale Wittlieff, Director of Quality and Continued Improvement, will be at hand at the 2015 PMPA National Technical Conference, also taking place in Columbus from April 19 through the 21st. Along with Robin Rutschlling of Clippard Instrument Laboratory, Inc., and Rich Nast of Bracalente Manufacturing Group, Butters will share actionable steps during a program titled, “How to Deal With the Skilled Training Issue.” The panel will provide real-world examples of “what their shops are doing in their communities to draw the best and the brightest into our industry.”
Dale Wittlieff will assist in a presentation entitled “ISO-9001:2015; A Look over the Horizon.” Although this revision will not become official until the end of 2015, this session aims “to provide insight as to how you can best prepare for this change,” learning about key changes, understanding what is needed to comply, and hearing examples on how to implement the new requirements.
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